City to Close Dozens of Sites Housing Migrants, Citing Dip in Shelter Population
New York City will close more than two dozen emergency shelters for migrants and asylum seekers, citing a steady decline in the number of people in the system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 remain, the majority of them families with children.
The 25 locations, of 199 sites currently under operation, include large-scale tent shelters known as Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs, like one that opened last winter at Floyd Bennett Field. Another on Randall’s Island will close in February.
